LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,619. Water temp: 68 – 73 F.
Lake Powell tributaries are now depositing 90,000 acre feet per day in the lake. That volume of water brings mud, cold temperature, and driftwood. Fishing in the muddy water is difficult at best. For this week fish clear water. The mudline [...]

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,619. Water temp: 68 – 73 F.
Lake Powell tributaries are now depositing 90,000 acre feet per day in the lake. That volume of water brings mud, cold temperature, and driftwood. Fishing in the muddy water is difficult at best. For this week fish clear water. The mudline [...]

LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson.
Lake elevation: 3,619. Water temp: 68 – 73 F.
Lake Powell tributaries are now depositing 90,000 acre feet per day in the lake. That volume of water brings mud, cold temperature, and driftwood. Fishing in the muddy water is difficult at best. For this week fish clear water. [...]

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LAKE POWELL – By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake Elevation: 3,615. Water Temp: 61 – 73 F. Lake Powell is filling fast with 60,000 acre feet per day running into the reservoir from the tributaries. Runoff is strong and high but not yet at its peak. The shoreline is rapidly changing. Expect [...]

LAKE POWELL – Report courtesy Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife. Warm weather has arrived. The lake is warming and rising rapidly. These events signal big changes. Shortly threadfin shad will begin spawning, bass and crappie will conclude their spawning activity and striped bass will join the ranks of spawning fish.
But [...]

LAKE POWELL – Report courtesy Wayne Gustaveson, Utah Division of Wildlife. Water Temp: 54-68 F.
Despite unsettled and windy weather the bass and crappie spawn continues. Wind mixes warm water and reduces surface temperature. That temperature drop causes male bass and crappie to leave the nest. This is normal and happens every [...]

LAKE POWELL — Water Temp: 57-64 F. The long awaited bass spawn is here. The final spawning trigger is in place. Day length provides enough hours of light. The leak level is increasing. Finally, water temperature is spiking and will be in the 60s by the weekend. Early morning temperature on the [...]

LAKE POWELL — March 31, 2009, By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,610. Water temp: 51-58 F.
Water temperature early this morning was 51 degrees which is only an increase of 2 degrees since this first of March. That is not the whole story. During warm spells in March water warmed into the [...]

LAKE POWELL — Lake elevation: 3,610. Water temp: 51-58 F. There was a spring fishing preview last week when air temperatures were near 80 and water temperatures poked into the 60s. Cold blooded fish have no defense against warming water. They feel the warmth and respond with increased activity, which is [...]

LAKE POWELL — By Wayne Gustaveson. Lake elevation: 3,611. Water temp: 51-55 F.
I am excited. Days remain warm and calm. Water is warming. Fish are finally recognizing the change and responding. Fishing has improved. Winter is over at Lake Powell. Both bass and stripers are now catchable.
Largemouth are the first species [...]